My Ram's story/build thread.

[Okiespaniels]

Originally Posted by myoung84 This is a cool writeup! I can't see the pics though?

Wierd...they're in my Misc crap folder on here. Can one of our admins help?

[Okiespaniels]

2002 would continue to go wrong. Over the Christmas holidays my apartment would be broken into and my firearms and other items stolen. Eventually my firearms would be returned, but the sting will never leave. I began to rethink my move to Arizona.

2003... things would start to change. My friend Braden in the Silver Off road would give me his old coils and leaf packs when his 5.5 Fabtech was installed. Here's a pic of his truck. Wonder what happened to him...last time I saw him he was getting married.



2003 wiould be a busy year for me and the Ram. After another day trip up the back way to Crown King, my water pump decided to take a crap. Enter my friend Rich. The assistant manger of the Checker autoparts store I worked at, and homeowner with a shaded carport.

We replaced the waterpump, fan clutch and pulleys...



Then he helped me replace the rear leaf springs with the Off road packs. I'd installed a BDS AAL in them and chopped the overloads for more flex.
Truck now sits like my '69 Roadrunner with the air shocks pumped up. The rake has got to go!


You'll also notice the blow mold tool box with a carbon fiber version. The blowmolded version pretty much melted from the heat.

Rich's carport would serve me well that year. For Christmas the truck got some chrome differential covers, a front diff guard (which has saved the cover more than once) and a Lindstad track bar. Finally I reduced the rake just a bit by putting the Offroad front springs...

Sadly no pics exist of this...because the truck site they were on had a server meltdown and they were lost.

We roll on into 2004 next...

[ramthis9501]

Morgan are you on your phone? It isn't showing up on my phone either. Worked fine on the laptop though. They're all img codes so I don't know why it's not showing up on the phones

[myoung84]

They show up on TapaTalk, but not on my computer?

[ramthis9501]

I'll look at it later when I get to a computer.

[DoubleTakeDodge]

I can't see the pics on my phone or laptop

[Okiespaniels]

Lets see what happens with the pictures...

It's 2004, and not survives due to a C-drive meltdown on my old gateway and DTW having a server crash. I'm not sure how many mods were done, but I sure had fun! Lets see if we can post up some pics here.

Every year Arizona Backcountry takes at least 2 trips into the East side of Table Mesa. A mild trail when dry and a challenge when wet, these pics are from Feb 2004. I'd already begun to crush my new Westin nerf bars...oh well!



I always do tailgunner on these runs because I carried a good amount of recovery gear and tools. So I'm at the bottom left waiting on some latecomers.



Mild trail but with some fun lines...



This is where my recovery stuff comes in. I pulled an unlifted Durango and Jeep off high centers in this stream bed. So I'll take an easier but still bumpy line. I'd replaced the crappy Intercos with Kuhmo mudders mid 2003 after the swampers started to self destruct on a cross country ride to my moms 2nd husbands funeral. Great tires, wish they still made them the same!

[Okiespaniels]

So it's mid 2004 and I just remembered photos of my Sedona/Wiliiams/Flagstaff trip

Anyway enjoy pics of the trip...Sedona, Willams on Rt66 and the mud from the mountain trail I took from Sedona to I-17 south of Flagstaff...

[Okiespaniels]

Guys, I sure apologise, apparently no one or only a few can see my photos. They are posted in my Misc crap folder.
Hopefully the admins will fix the issue. I need another photo account to fill like I need a hole in the head.

[myoung84]

I can still see them on my phone with Tapatalk. I'm enjoying the pics and story!